Folklore - Mythology | Folklore - Mythology
Sep.05.2008
Superb on all counts--from the elegant bookmaking to the vigorous, evocative prose . . . to the pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations that strikingly recall the work of Edmund Dulac. Rumford even manages to hint at the poem's emotional depths in his concise retelling, which is written almost...
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Jul.28.2008
A predator stalks paradise and she’s next.
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On a tropical isle, Frankie Montalvo discovers roots to a past she never knew. Tales of witchcraft, missing girls and el chupacabra surround her, but it will take more than superstitions to scare her away. Determined to create her own home,...
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Jul.10.2008
At the turn of this century, a homeless man was allowed to win the lottery.It was hoped that he would change the world for the better, forever.After 12 years, SomeplacElse, his divinely inspired utopian experiment in the sub-urban Arizona desert, has reached critical mass.As Fate would have it,...
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Jun.11.2008
"The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History through our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds" is a "curious, interesting, and surprisingly moving examination of the American practices of death ceremonies and burial ranging from pre-Jamestown Native-American burial mounds to...
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Jun.05.2008
Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot has become one of the most popular Tarot decks in the world, and his The Book of Thoth is Crowley's last word on the subject. Anyone interested in Tarot or the western mystery traditions should read and study it. It's the s Magnum Opus of the greatest magical minde of...
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Jun.05.2008
Sketching out a fascinating network of historic figures, cults, and Christendom, this book by an occult studies expert and respected authority on magic and sorcery takes western spiritual traditions seriously—but examines them with common sense and self-effacing humor. Working backward from the...
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May.25.2008
During World War II, druids and their unicorn on the Isle of Man stop Adolf Hitler from getting the Atomic bomb.
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May.02.2008
This inclusive lexicon offers terms associated with the Chicano population and its history, experiences, and customs, though the focus is on Mexican Americans who came of age in the 1960s in the Southwest. The entries, which combine English and Spanish terminology, include definitions, commentary,...
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Apr.23.2008
The very first writing of mine to appear between covers is an essay drawing parallels between the intrigue-filled world of Euripides's Orestes and the political and cultural concerns of the late 1980s. I hadn't reread this in years, and while it's definitely the work of a college freshman, I'm...
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